We just launched the Spike Analyzer, a new tool that shows you exactly how any spike percentage resolved historically across every ticker.
UVXY just spiked 50% from its all-time low. You're staring at the chart thinking: has this happened before? And if it has, what came next? Did it keep running? Did it collapse back down? How long did it take?
These are the questions that matter most during a spike, and they're the hardest to answer in real time. Most traders end up scrolling through old charts or relying on memory. Neither is reliable when money is on the line.
Until now, the only way to get a real answer was to manually calculate spike percentages from all-time lows across years of price data, for every ticker, one at a time.
We built something better.
The Spike Analyzer is designed for one purpose: enter any spike percentage and instantly see how it resolved across every ticker in the CI Volatility suite. Side-by-side comparison, real historical data, no guesswork.
Type 50% and the tool pulls every historical instance where each ticker reached a 50% spike from its all-time low. You see exactly what happened next: how far it ran, how fast it faded, and where the price ended up days and weeks later.
No more guessing. No more "it feels toppy." Just the data.
A complete cross-ticker comparison of how any spike percentage resolved historically.
Enter a spike % and see how it played out across UVXY, UVIX, VXX, SQQQ, SPXU, SOXS, ZSL, and BOIL in one unified view.
For each ticker, see where the spike went from the point you entered. Did it extend to 80%? Fade back to 20%? The tool tracks the full trajectory.
How long did each spike take to fade or extend? See the number of trading days from your entered spike level to the eventual peak or trough.
A complete log of every time each ticker hit your spike threshold, with dates, prices, peak levels, and resolution timelines.
Optionally set a number of days to analyze. See what happened within 5 days, 10 days, or 30 days of hitting the spike level.
Toggle extreme highlighting to instantly spot the best and worst outcomes across the dataset. Pattern recognition at a glance.
The Spike Analyzer calculates every ticker's distance from its all-time low on every trading day in history. When you enter a spike percentage, the tool finds every instance where each ticker reached that level and shows you exactly what happened from that point forward.
The comparison view gives you:
This is the tool you want open when volatility spikes and everyone is asking the same question: has this happened before, and what came next?
Five ways members are already applying the Spike Analyzer to their process.
When a ticker spikes, instantly check whether this level historically marked a top or a continuation point.
See which tickers tend to extend further from a given spike level and which tend to fade fastest.
Use the days-to-resolve data to set realistic time horizons for fade trades or continuation plays.
Before shorting a spike, check the worst-case historical extension from that level. Know your tail risk.
Study how spike behavior differs across leveraged ETFs, inverse products, and commodity-linked tickers.
The Spike Analyzer is available in your dashboard under Premium Tools. If you're a CI Volatility member, you already have access.
Open the Spike Analyzer
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